What's new in the mid-Hudson Valley business scene for April 13

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APPOINTMENTS

Law firm promotes two attorneys - Marty Rutberg of Rutberg Basso Personal Injury Law announced the appointments of Steven H. Cohen as senior trial attorney and Gerald A. Vergilis as counsel to the firm.

Cohen has been handling cases involving catastrophic injury and death for more than 20 years. He began his legal career in the United States Navy, trying cases in military courts in Florida as an active duty lieutenant in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, and also served as a special assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany with a bachelor's degree in political science and received his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

Vergilis becomes counsel to the firm for cases in personal-injury law after serving 40 years as an attorney. He handledl trials, commercial and real-estate transactions as well as other matters including personal-injury cases. He received his bachelor's degree from Kings College and his law degree from St. John's University School of Law.

The law firm has offices in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Monticello and Utica.

Health-care company names CEO - Timothy M. Elwell has been named CEO for Qualidigm, a national health-care consulting company headquartered in Rocky Hill, Conn.

Elwell, a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Siena College and a master's from the City University of New York. He expects to complete his doctorate in organizational leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University at Marion in 2014.

Elwell was recently a vice president at Misys Open Source Solutions in White Plains, a division of the global financial services and software provider Misys PLC. Previously, he was national sales director of IBM's state and local global business consulting division based in New York City.

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Medical group's physicians honored - Seventy-seven physicians at Mount Kisco Medical Group were named Top Doctors for the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a health-care research and information firm. The medical group has offices in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties. For a list of names and specialties, visit www.mkmg.com.

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What's new in the mid-Hudson Valley business scene for April 13

Law firm promotes two attorneys ? Marty Rutberg of Rutberg Basso Personal Injury Law announced the appointments of Steven H. Cohen as senior trial attorney and Gerald A. Vergilis as counsel to the